Debian GNU/Linux 3.1r5 booting process aborted during installation.

On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 10:25:41AM +0900, KUMANOSUKE wrote:
> Dear Debian Guys
>
> I've tried to install Debian GNU/Linux 3.1r5 with install
> CD-ROM, but my PC doesn't reboot during the installation.
>
> After finished the primary installation process, I removed
> CD-ROM and tried to restart my PC.
> But the following message appears on the display and the
> Linux booting process seems to be aborted.
> ****************************************************
> Booting 'Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.8-3-k7-smp '
>
> root (hd0,0)
> Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-3-k7-smp root=/dev/hda1 ro
> [Linux-bzImage, setup=0x1400, size=0x1277ca]
> initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.8-3-k7-smp
> [Linux-initrd @ 0x17b65000, 0x474000 bytes]
> savedefault
> boot
> Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel.
> ****************************************************
> I think that the kernel image should seem to be incorrect.
> It should be "kernel 2.6.8-3-386" not "kernel
> 2.6.8-3-k7-smp".

what kind of processor do you have? and how about some info on the
rest of the system while you're at it...

> Otherwise, the root partition might be incorrect. It
> seemed to be "/dev/hda1" from this message, but I think it
> should be "hd0".

hd0 is the way grub, the bootloader, refers to the disk. hda is the
way the kernel refers to the disk. so that's not a problem (unless
your root partition is actually on hda2 or hda3 -- different
partitions of disk hda).

>
> Could you please advise me for fixing it?

what does it do after its says "ok, booting the kernel"?

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On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 03:41:34PM +0900, KUMANOSUKE wrote:
> Dear Andrew,
[...]
>
> You're welcome.
> I'd like to reply to the list also from now on.
>
>
> The k7 kernel seems to have been installed automatically
> during the installation process.
> I've got "debian-31r5-i386-binary-1.iso" file from the
> debian mirror site and then copied it to CD-ROM.
> Then I have booted my PC by CD-ROM booting inserted this
> CD-ROM which copied "debian-31r5-i386-binary-1.iso".
> And I have installed Debian following the instruction on
> the display, at this time k7 kernel has been unpacked,
> copied and installed to my PC even if it is i386
> architecture.
>
> I've got "debian-31r5-i386-binary-1.iso" file from the
> following mirror site.
> http://ftp.tw.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r5/i386/iso-cd/
>

bott a live-cd (knoppix, whatever). mount your / filesystem

mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/temproot

chroot into that system

chroot /mnt/temproot

then install the proper kernel and reboot.

or! is the original kernel still there? if so, just boot that kernel
instead and then install the right kernel.

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